Piece by Piece
In nearly every distribution center in the United States, workers are paid by the hour. While their productivity is (or should be) measured in units,
Warehouse
Danger fulfillment person!
ONE OF THESE DAYS, not too many years from now, someone from the central office will come down to visit your operation. He’ll admire the RFID holographic
All in the Family
OH, TO BE VIVITEK! A start-up of Sun Chemical Corporation, the fast-growing printing supply business has seen its revenue grow from zero to millions in
Value Pack
IF YOU ARE LOOKING for value-added packaging services, you probably know exactly what you mean, but who else does? There seem to be almost as many interpretations
Waaay Beyond the Call
IT’S BEEN YEARS since your call center morphed from a simple phone-based organization into a multichannel, multimedia, multitasking behemoth. And you’re
Complex Problem
With so much emphasis on shaving inventory to the bone, having ready access to stock when it is needed is of paramount importance for merchants. Third-party
Customer Service
There’s very little the world can throw at U.S. consumers to keep them from spending money, a reporter for CNN/Money wrote in February 2003. Consumers
Penney Catalog Head Resigns
Two weeks after being passed over for the position of chairman/CEO of J.C. Penney Corp., Vanessa Castagna, chairman/CEO of the company’s stores, catalog, and Internet, resigned.
Creating a Realistic IT Spending Plan
As a major capital investment, enterprise systems play a significant role in the corporate budgeting process for any direct merchant. No matter how you
All Things Electronic
MidwayUSA built its own warehousing management system from scratch, and tweaks it constantly to accommodate growth and the corresponding requirements